System for three-dimensional medical instrument navigation

a three-dimensional navigation and medical instrument technology, applied in the field of road mapping procedures, can solve the problems of user's image providing limited depth perception, reducing desired depth cues, and reducing highlights and shadows
US20090279767A1Inactive Publication Date: 2009-11-12THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIV
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIV
Publication Date
2009-11-12
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for reconstructing an instrument in 3 dimensions for use during interventional medical procedures to provide enhanced instrument visualization with respect to a patient's vasculature. A patient vessel tree volume is co-registered with a live fluoroscopic image of a percutaneously-inserted instrument, such as a guidewire. The fluoroscopic image is segmented to eliminate images of surrounding tissue and to retain the guidewire image. The black pixels of the image are backprojected to the focal point of the x-ray source, through the co-registered vessel tree. The vessel tree is divided into segments that are scored based on proximity to the backprojected black pixels. Candidate instrument-containing vessel paths are identified based on the scores of the segments, and errant candidate vessel paths are eliminated to produce a refined list of candidate paths. Thresholding and visualization are performed to further refine the candidate vessel paths. 3D curve fitting is used to reconstruct an image of the instrument along with a 3D rendering of the final vessel path.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This is a non-provisional application of pending U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61 / 052,312 filed May 12, 2008 by Markus Kukuk et al.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

[0002] The disclosure is related to roadmapping procedures in general, and more particularly to procedures for enhanced visualization of guidewire placement within patient blood vessels.BACKGROUND

[0003] The process known as road-mapping is used in the selective catheterization of vessels in the framework of an interventional treatment. In these minimally invasive angiographic interventions, a 3-dimensional (3D) image of a patient's vasculature is obtained for use as a “road-map,” to assist a physician to efficiently guide or navigate instruments such as catheters or guide-wires through the patient's vasculature. Intravascular procedures are often performed using a C-arm x-ray imaging system which includes an adjustable x-ray source and an x-ray detector.

[0004] Image based nav...

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